“Other scholars are skeptical that the tomb belonged to Herod. “From what I’ve seen, there is no doubt that we’re talking about a tomb from the Herodian period,” says University of Haifa archaeologist Arthur Segal. “But there was no inscription. It could have been from a family member or anyone important. There is no definite proof that it is Herod’s tomb.”“

No inscription, no identifying markings, a complex just-so story (ad hoc fallacy) to back up his claims. Ehud Netzer sounds like Woo-suk Hwang’s twin brother. Wanting to believe completely overturning sound science and reasoning.

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“Most of the Israelites did not come from outside Canaan - they emerged from within it. There was no mass Exodus from Egypt…no violent conquest of Canaan. The early Israelites were - irony of ironies - themselves originally Canaanites!

The conquest of Canaan by Joshua could not have happened [as] described in the Bible. Most of the towns…either weren’t inhabited, didn’t exist or were conquered at wildly different times.” —Finkelstein and Silberman